Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 7499, Isaac Gardner, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gardner, Isaac Esther
W 7499 B.L. Mt. 26 788-160-55
CONTENTS

Connecticut
Isaac Gardner
of New London Ct in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain McDonough of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mills in the Conn t State line, for the term of 8 months, from the year 1779 to the year 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut Annuitants at the rate of 26: 66 2/3 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July 1832 and sent to Joseph Williams e Kanah. Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of March 1832.  26: 66     Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept 1832  13: 33  } $ 39 99  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 10, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Recorded Book D. Vol 3. page 43.

60,560.
Hot March 3/55-
April 11/55
Esther Gardner, widow of Isaac Gardner. Pm.
Revolutionary Pensioner!
Penn. Ind. 48- no 1065
W. BOAL May 19/55
M. B. B. B.
L. F. Fitch Moulton P.
June 2 1856 - warrant returned for proper direction - under Sec. 10. same to Agent Montrose, Subquackanuck Co. Pennsylvania.
L. F. Fitch Oct 3/55 same Nov 1/55 same Jan'y 12/56

1065 Pennsylvania. Phila Esther Gardner widow of Isaac Con n Gardner who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Date of death not on A.B - JRL
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Nov r 1854 and sent to V. F. Fitch Montrose Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 105. Vol. 6
Reg. 2 m 55-60560

State of Connecticut. County of New London: City of Norwich; ss. On this 14 th day of July A.D. 1832: Personally appeared in open Court: before the City Court of the City of Nor- wich, being a court of Record now sitting, Isaac Gardner a resident of Boz- rah in the said County of New London & State of Connecticut; aged 70 years, who being duly sworn, doth on his oaths, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832: That he entered into the service of the United States, under the fol- lowing officers viz. Levi Welles Colonel: See Lieut of Lyme Connecticut, Captain, & Lieut M c Donough & Joshua Raymond of Montville, Ensign — he entered the service in July 1779 & left the service on the 1 st day of March 1780 — our Company was stationed at New London — that he resided when he entered the service in that part of the town of Norwich since made the town of Bozrah in said County of New London & State of Con- necticut — That he enlisted into the service for eight months & served out the term — That he was in no battle — That he marched from Norwich to New London & from New London home at the expiration of his enlistment

That there were no continental regiments or companies where he served - of course he knew no regular officers - That he has no documentary evidence & the only man he can find or know of who can testify as to his service, is Joshua Maples who was our oldest sergeant & lives in said Boyrah about 210 over eighty years old - The greatest hardship that he suffered to his recollection was that the time of service included the winter, which has always been called the hard winter - when the harbour of Nashwauk was frozen as far as Fishhook Island -
That I am known by Joshua Maples who can testify to my character for veracity & to his belief of my services in the war. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity other except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Isaac Garrison in open court attest Alex Bathrop Clerk

Isaac Garmner's Declaration & application for pension July 14. 1832
July 24 1832
London Office

And the said Court do hereby de- clare their opinion, after investi- gation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Maples (now in Court) whose deposition is annexed is a resident of Doaksville Huber City of Washington & State of Louisiana & that he is a credible person & is en- titled to full credit as a witness, having been sworn in open Court, now in session - Revolutionary
I Alexander Lathrop of Normal Clerk of the City Court in said City, Doaksville, Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Isaac Gardner's application for a pension In testimony
whereof I have set my hand & seal of office This 16 th day of July A.D. 1832 Alex Lathrop Clerk

I Joshua Maples of Bozrah in the County of Middlesex & State of Connec- ticut Seventy nine years of age do testify & say that I served in the Revolutionary War & was a Sergeant in the Company in which Isaac Gardner served for about eight months & recollect that said Isaac Gardner serv- ed in said Company as he has whilst I have heard & read & believed to be true.
Stated in his declaration and that character for veracity is good Nashington County Southern Dist. not sworn July 14 1832 Joshua Maples sworn before me
Joseph Williams Justice of the Peace
Sworn in open court. attest Alex Lathrop Clerk

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County } ss
On this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in & for said County Esther Gardner who being duly sworn according to law doth say that she is the widow of Isaac Gardner formerly a Revolutionary soldier in the service of the United States from the State of Connecticut and a pensioner of the United States at the annual rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents drawn semiannually at Hartford in said State. That her said husband was drafted at New London County Conn. on or about the first day of December A.D. 1780 and went to New London as she now thinks & was gone some eight months under Captain [blank] She refers more particularly to the evidence on file in the Department at Washington upon which her said husband's pension was granted, to prove his service. She further states that she was married to the said Isaac Gardner at Colechester in New London County in the state of Connecticut on the twenty third day of August A.D. 1798 and that he died at Bozra in the County & State aforesaid on the thirtieth day of May A.D. 1834.
She further swears that she is the identical Esther Gardner whose application for pension under the act of July 1. 1848 was sent to the Pension Department by her agent G. H. Fitch on or about the 5 th day of July 1852, and which application is now suspended in said Department because it was originally sworn to before a justice

of the Peace instead of before the Open Court as required by the Rules of the Department - and for the proof of her marriage with said Isaac Gardner, and of his death at the times and places hereinbefore mentioned, she respectfully refers the Department to the proofs & evidences heretofore by her said agent sent to & filed in the Office at the time of the original application in July 1832 and the additional proofs sent to the Department on or about the dates of February tenth and March twenty sixth 1853. She further swears that she is now seventy eight years and three months of age and that she is still a widow, as by the proofs hereinbefore referred to will appear, and that she is a resident of Gibson township in said County of Susquehanna and state of Pennsylvania, and she makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed on the 29 th day of July 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary war!
Witness, H. M. Williams,
A. J. Davis W. J. Surrall
Esther her X Gardner mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first above written and it is hereby certified that the above named declarant is the identical Esther Gardner whose application for pension was sent to the Pension Department by her agent S. L. Fitch and which is now suspended therein for the reason herein set forth by her, as by satisfactory evidence produced before said court appeared -
Attest
J. A. Ward Prothly P. H. Williams Cpt

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that said Court is a Court of Record, and that the foregoing Declarations were made and subscribed in Open Court upon the day therein set forth.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Montrose the 26 th day of August A.D. 1853.
J. A. Ward Proth.
R. M. Williams

Family Record.
DEATHS.
Of David Gardner. Oct. 1 st 1796 Aged 76 yrs and 1 month and 3 days Of Jerusha Gardner. June 22 nd 1799 Of David Gardner Jan'y the 20 th
1823 Aged 69 yrs and 10 months
Of Isaac Gardner
May 31 st 1834 Aged 72 years and 6 months
DEATHS.
Of Eld d Christopher Palmer Nov r the 4 th 1818 Aged 83 yrs 15 days
Of Rebecca Palmer Aug t 16 th 1823
Aged 55 yrs
Of Wealthy Palmer April 21 st 1826 Aged 60 years
Sila D. Gardner wife of E. P. Gardner Jan y 14 th 1827
Of Abel Palmer April 8 th 1813 Aged 52 years
Of Rebecca Stark Aug t 16 th 1813 Aged 46 years

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
Of Isaac Gardner Nov 30 th 1761 Of Esther Gardner May 2 nd 1775
Esther R. Gardiner March 2 nd A.D. 1834
Earls W. Gardiner Dec 22 nd 1835
Edwin B. Gardiner Jan 10 th 1838 Children of E.P. Gardner & Francis his wife
DEATHS.
Of Martha Gardner, the Wife of Isaac Gardner Feb 15 th 1798 Aged 40 years
Of Martha R. Avery Sept. 16 th 1830 Aged 27 years and 10 months
Of Gershom R. Gardner March 11 th 1831 Aged 30 years and 1 month and 10 days
Of Benjamin Gardner Dec 17 th 1831 Aged 6 years 9 months 5 days
Of Elizabeth Ford Aug 1832 Aged 39 years and 2 months
Of Jane J. Ely Sept Oct 24 th 1838 Aged 31 years and 10 months

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Of Amy Gardner, Feb. 7. 18 th 1785 Of Amos Gardner, April, 19, 1787 Of Nehemiah Gardner, Oct 3 rd 1789 Of Harriet Gardner, April, 9, 1792 Of Elizabeth Gardner, May 23, 1795 Children of Isaac Gardner, and Martha, his Wife. Of Earle P Gardner, July 31, 1799 Of Gershom A Gardner, Feb 7 th 1801 Of Martha A Gardner Nov. 15 1802 Of Deborah Brown Gardner Mch. 7, 1804 Of Fennel Gardner Nov. 25 1806 Of Edwin B. Gardner, April 13 th 1809 Of William P Gardner Dec 27 th 1812 Of Mel Gardner March 3 1815 Of Rebecca S Gardner July 15 1817
Isaac J Gardner May 12 th 1837 Elen M. Gardner March 16 th 1839 Earle Burr Gardner Jan 20 th 1845 Wm Dwight Gardner April 10 th 1848

Family Record.
MARRIAGES.
Isaac Gardiner & Martha Rogers were Married Jan'y 3 rd 1782
Isaac Gardiner, and Esther Palmer, were married August 23 rd , 1798.
MARRIAGES.
Earls P. Gardiner & Sila Danus June 13 th A.D 1822.
Earls P. Gardiner & Frances W. Pope Dec r 13 th A.D 1832.
Wm. P. Gardiner & Sarah E. James July 5 th A.D 1836.

17 State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County } ss
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and State, Lewis Brainerd of the Town- ship of Gibson in said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he is acquaint- ed with Esther Gardner, that the two leaves, or pages hereto attached, were formerly the leaves belonging to, and taken from a Bible belonging to the said Esther Gard- ner; that Deponent with his own hands, and in presence of Wm. J. Case
tore out, and detached the said leaves from the said Bible belonging to the said Esther Gardner. That said Bible is a very large ancient looking volume, printed at Philadelphia in A.D. 1802. That said Bible was published printed by subscription, it appears by its title there being, and a list of the subscribers is printed and bound in the front part of said Bible, that the name of Isaac Gardner is printed among the names of the subscribers. Deponent has no interest whatever in said Esther Gardner's application for pension. Upon a blank part of a page in said Bible is the following memorandum partly written and partly printed, with a printed border around the same:
"This Book was purchased on the 28th of Feb. 1803, by Isaac Gardner." Evidently written by the same person, and with the same ink, as the family record, and to all appearance, at the same time as the said Record.
Lewis Brainerd
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of Feb. A.D. 1833. And I further certify that I was present

When the leaves alluded to in the foregoing affidavit and which are attached thereto, were torn and detached from the Family Bible of Mrs. Esther Gardner. I have examined said Bible, and fully concur in the statements made in the foregoing affidavit.
Wm T. Case Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County } ss
I J. T. Langdon Clerk of the Orphans Court and Recorder of Deeds and Justices Commissions in and for said county, do hereby certify that Wm T. Case Esq. in whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is, and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn as such according to law and that his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of March AD 1853
J. T. Langdon Clerk

80580

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County } SSS
On the seventh day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Esther Gardner aged seventy nine years a resident of Brooklyn in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth say that she is the identical Esther Gardner who is a widow of Isaac Gardner a Revolutionary Prisoner inscribed upon the Pension Rolls for the State of Pennsylvania  Connecticut at the rate of $26.66 per annum - not of her earnings in said County aforesaid - That the particulars of her husband's service she cannot now give but for proof of that she refers to the evidence on file in her application for Pension - That she was married to the said Isaac Gardner August 23 d 1798. and that he died May 30 th 1834 - That subsequent to his death she made application for the Pension to which she was entitled under the act of July 29. 1848. In which application she made proof of her marriage with said Isaac Gardner and of his death, to which she now respectfully refers as part of her proof in this claim - That upon her said application there was issued to her a Certificate in the following words and figures to wit:
Department of the Interior - Widow's Pension I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29. 1848 - Esther Gardner widow of Isaac Gardner

who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage - - This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated October 5. 1853
Given at the Department of the Interior this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
James M c Ellan Secretary of the Interior Samuel and Commissioner of Pensions
That the above certificate of Pension is now in her possession and upon which she has drawn her pension since the time of its first issue - she further declares that she is still a widow -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the 8 th Section of the act approved March 3 rd AD 1855
Esther Gardner mark
We Amos Van Aken and B en W. Van Aken residents of the township of Brooklyn in the county and state aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Esther Gardner in our presence and that we be-

lieve from our personal knowledge and from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be - We further state that we have carefully compared an original Certificate of Pension now in her hands with her foregoing declaration, and the same is therein correctly copied, and further that we have no interest in her application for bounty land, and that she is still a widow.
Isaac Barr Aiken B W Van Aiken
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim -
State of Pennsylvania } Chauncy Lingley J.P. Susquehanna County } I
Sidney B Wells Prothonotary & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do certify that Chauncy Lingley Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the date thereof an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Montrose This 9 th day of April A.D. 1833
S.B. Wells. Proth. for Franklin Press Deputy
widow of Israel Gardner

Hon S P Waldo Commr. of Pensions } Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Esther Gardner & Revolutionary pension widow for bounty land under Act approved March 3. 1833 - she now draws her pension and before the certificate was issued to her of course we had to prove the marriage & the husband's death. These proofs remain on file in the Pension of- fice and I have not thought it necessary to make those proofs again - as by an exam- ination of the records there the present dis- location will be found correct. I think we have proved her identity and the fact that she is still a widow and these facts we think sufficient. When the warrant is issued please send to my address & oblige Yours truly
L. H. Fitch
Northvale Pa

August 14, 1934.
Mr. Charles T. Gardiner 12 Maple View Terrace New Bedford, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL Isaac Gardner W. 7499
Dear Sir:
The record of Isaac Gardner, a Revolutionary War pensioner of New London County, Connecticut in 1832 is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 7499, based upon his service in that war.
Isaac Gardner was born November 30, 1761, the place not stated.
While residing in that part of Norwich, Connecticut, which was later Bozrah, New London County, he enlisted about July 1, 1779 and served eight months as private in Captain Lee Lay's company, Colonel Levi Wells' Connecticut regiment, stationed most of the time at New London, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1832, at which time he resided in Bozrah, Connecticut. He died there on May 30, 1834.
Isaac Gardner married January 3, 1782, Martha Rogers. Said Martha died February 15, 1798, aged forty years; the date and place of her birth are not shown. Isaac Gardner married August 23, 1798, Esther Palmer, who was born May 2, 1775.
Esther Gardner, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 24, 1852, at which time she resided Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
In 1852, William P. Gardner, the son of the soldier and his wife, Esther, made affidavit in behalf of his mother's application for pension in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. In 1853, Jabes, or Jabez, Gardner

and Rebecca S. Ely stated that they were acquainted with the soldier and his wife, Esther, when they lived in Bozrah, Connecticut; no relationship to the family was stated.
The following family data are shown in the papers in this pension claim. (No further information in regard to any of the persons named).
MARRIAGES
Isaac Gardner and Martha Rogers were married January 3, 1782. Isaac Gardner and Esther Palmer were married August 23, 1796.
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Earle P. Gardiner and Lila Daniel --June 12, 1822. Earl P. Gardiner and Frances W. Pope -December 13, 1832. William P. Gardiner and Sarah E. James -July 5, 1836.
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BIRTHS
Of Isaac Gardner .. November 30, 1761. Of Esther Gardner ... May 2, 1775.
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Of Amy Gardner, February 18, 1785. Of Amos " April 19, 1787. Of Nehemiah " October 3, 1789. Of Harriet " April 9, 1792. Of Elizabeth " May 26, 1795. Children of Isaac Gardner and Martha, his wife.
Of Earl P. Gardner , July . . . 31, 1799. Of Gershon R. " Feby. . . 1, 1801. Of Martha R. " November 15, 1802. Of Deborah Brown " (not clear) 7, 1804. Of Jennet " November 25, 1806. Of Edwin B. " April 13, 1809. Of William P. " December 27, 1812. Of Abel " March 3, 1815. Of Rebecca S. " July 15, 1817.
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(Family data continued)
BIRTHS
Esther P. Gardiner, March 2, 1834. Earls W. " December 22, 1835 Edwin B. " January 10, 1838. Children of E. P. Gardiner and Frances, his wife.
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Isaac J.(or I) Gardiner, May 12, 1837. Elen M. " March 15, 1839. Earles Burr " January 20, 1845 William Dwight " April 10, 1848.
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DEATHS
Of Martha Gardner, the wife of Isaac Gardner, Feby. 15, 1798, aged 40 years.
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Of David Gardner , October 1, 1796, aged 76 years, 1 month, 3 days. Of Jemima " , June 29(?) 1799. Of David " , January 20, 1823, aged 69 years, 10 months. Of Isaac Gardiner, May 30, 1834, aged 72 years, 6 months.
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Of Eldr Christopher Palmer, November 4, 1818, aged 83 years, 15 days. Of Rebecca " , August 16, 1823, " 55 years. Of Wealthy " , April 21, 1826, " 60 years. Lila D. Gariner, wife of E.P. Gardiner, January 14, 1827.
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Of Abel Palmer, April 8, 1813, aged 53 years. Of Rebecca Stark, August 6, 1813, aged 45 years.
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Of Martha R. Avery September 16, 1830, aged 37 years, 10 months. Of Gershom R. Gardner March 11, 1831, aged 30, years, 1 mo., 10 days. Of Benjamin Gardner December 17, 1831, aged 6 years, 4 mos., 5 days. Of Elizabeth Ford(blurred) 1834, aged 39 years, two months. Of Jane J. Ely " 24, 1838, aged 31 years, 10 months.
*****

In order to obtain the date of death of Esther Gardner, the widow of Isaac Gardner, the soldier, and the names of the persons to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Esther Gardner, widow of Isaac Gardner, Certificate #1065 Issued November 17, 1854 Rate of $26.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act July 29, 1848 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

August 4, 1933.
Not rec.
Mrs. Frank S. Miller 53 Old Orchard Lane Scarsdale, New York.
BA-J/ILL Isaac Gardner W. 7499
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Gardner, a pensioner.
The record of Isaac Gardner is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 7499, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Isaac Gardner was born November 30, 1761, the place not stated.
While residing in that part of Norwich, Connecticut, which was later Bozrah, New London County, he enlisted about July 1, 1779, and served eight months as private in Captain Lee Lay 's company, Colonel Levi Wells' Connecticut regiment, stationed most of the time at New London, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1832, at which time he resided in Bozrah, Connecticut. He died in said Bozrah on May 30, 1834.
Isaac Gardner married January 3, 1782, Martha Rogers. Martha Gardner, the wife of Isaac Gardner, died February 15, 1798, aged forty years; the date and place of her birth are not shown. Isaac Gardner married Esther Palmer, August 23, 1798; she was born May 2, 1775.
Esther Gardner, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 24, 1852, at which time she resided in Gibson, Town Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
In 1852, William P. Gardner, the son of Isaac Gardner and his wife,

Esther, made affidavit in behalf of his mother's claim for pension in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. In 1853, Jabes, or Jabez, Gardner and Rebecca S. Ely stated that they were acquainted with the soldier and his wife, Esther, when they lived in Bozrah, Connecticut, no relationship to the family stated.
The following family data are shown in the papers in this claim:
Marriages
Isaac Gardner and Martha Rogers were married January 3, 1782. Isaac Gardner and Esther Palmer were married August 23, 1798.
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Earle P. Gardiner and Lila Daniel -June 12, 1822. Earle P. Gardiner and Frances W. Pope, December 13, 1832. William P. Gardiner and Sarah E. James, July 5, 1836.
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Births
Of Isaac Gardner ..November 30, 1761. Of Esther Gardner ,May 2, 1775.
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Of Amy Gardner, February 18, 1785. Of Amos " , April 19, 1787. Of Nehemiah " , October 3, 1789. Of Harriet " , April 9, 1792. Of Elizabeth " , May 26, 1795. Children of Isaac Gardner and Martha, his wife. Of Earles P. Gardner, July 31, 1799. Of Gershom R. " , Feby. 1, 1801. Of Martha R. " , November 15, 1802. Of Deborah Brown " , (not clear) 7, 1804. Of Jennet " , November 25, 1806. Of Edwin B. " , April 13, 1809. Of William P. " , December 27, 1812. Of Abel " , March 3, 1815. Of Rebecca S. " , July 15, 1817.
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(Family data shown in pension claim-W.7499, continued)
Isaac Gardner,
Births.
Esther P. Gardiner , March 2, 1834. Earls W. " , December 22, 1835. Edwin B. " , January 10, 1838. Children of E. P. Gardiner and Frances his wife.
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Isaac J.(or I) Gardiner, May 12, 1837. Elen M. " , March 16, 1839. Earles Burr " , January 20, 1845. William Dwight " , April 10, 1848.
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Deaths.
Of Martha Gardner, the wife of Isaac Gardner, Feby. 15, 1798, aged 40 years.
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Of David Gardner, October 1, 1796, aged 76 years.,1 month, 3 days. Of Jemima " , June 29, 1799. Of David " , January 20, 1823, aged 69 years, 10 months. Of Isaac Gardiner, May 30, 1834, aged 72 years, 6 months.
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Of Eldr Christopher Palmer, November 4, 1818, aged 83 years, 15 days. Of Rebecca " , August 16, 1823, " 55 years. Of Wealthy " , April 21, 1826, " 60 years. Lila D. Gardiner, wife of E.P. Gardiner, Jan. 14, 1827.
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Of Abel Palmer, April 8, 1813, aged 52 years. Of Rebecca Stark, August 6, 1813, aged 46 years.
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Of Martha R. Avery ... September 16, 1830, aged 27 years, 10 months. Of Gershom R. Gardner. (March 11, 1831, aged 30 yrs., 1 mo., 10 days. Of Benjamin Gardner . December 17, 1831, aged 6 yrs., 4 mo., 5 days. Of Elizabeth Ford(writing blurred) , 1834, aged 39 yrs. 2 months. Of Jane J. Ely " " 24, 1838, aged 31 yrs. 10 months.
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There are no further data relative to the names of any of the persons whose names appear in the record which has been copied as accurately as is possible from the sheet on file in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of death of Esther Gardner, the widow of Isaac Gardner, the soldier, and the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, furnishing all the following-
Certificate #1065 Esther Gardner, widow of Isaac Gardner, issued November 17, 1854, rate of $26.66 per annum commenced March 4, 1848. Act July 29, 1848. Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

C. T. GARDINER 12 MAPLE VIEW TERRACE NEW BEDFORD, MASS.
July 30. 1934.
Director of Pensions! Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
At the suggestion of the Adjutant Genl. of the State of Conn. I am writing regarding the record of Isaac Gardner , pensioner in 1832, residing in New London County. Conn. I have the record of his father David, whom I have reason was also a Pensioner. Can you inform me regarding the records of both? Thanking you in advance I am Very truly Yours Charles T. Gardiner

53 Old Orchard Lane, Scarsdale, N.Y., July 26, 1933.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
OK Can you give me, from the records in your department, the date a pension was granted to Isaac Gardner, of Norwich, Conn.? He served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. N. Waterman, at New London, July 9, 1779, and was granted a pension under the Act of 1818. If you have records of any further military activities of this man, send details.
Isaac Gardner died, according to family records, May 30, 1834, leaving a widow, Esther (Palmer) Gardner, whom he married August 23, 1798. Was she granted a pension after his death? Can you give me the date and place of her death?
Yours truly,
Glara G. Miller
(Mrs. Frank S. Miller)

1933-Aug. 4-Hist. to Mrs. Frank S. Miller - ILL- 1934-Aug. 14-Hist. to Mr. Charles T. Gardner - ILL
Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7499
Esther Gardner Widow Grace Gardner Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29 1838
Index:—Vol. A , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1065. Pennsylvania Esther Gardner, widow of Isaac,
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Oct 9 1853 and sent to
R. F. Fitch Montrose Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 105, Vol. A

26.788
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Additional Evidence
Esther Gardner
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Isaac Hardin 22 788-160 MB
Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business.
C. Minot
L. F. Fitch Esq Moulton Ga Quere?

Pension Office Oct 3. 1853
Sir Please state up to what date the within named Isaac Gardner was paid. Very respectfully
J. M. Malas Clerk
For Benj. Eng Gardner
Isaac Gardner, At 32 $26.66 pr. an. - Died 30 th May 1834, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

Additional Evidence
60560 Esther Gardner David Isaac Boynton
Heard to owner by Parsons Washington D.C.
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Official Business
FREE
10380
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Official business
Additional Evidence
60560 Esther Gardner Dear Brother
48-1060
FREE
Minor
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Official business
Additional Evidence
60560 Esther Gardner
John Gardner Essex
Boston
44-1060
TIME
Minor
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

6 No 1840
Esther Garone wid Isaac
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Let y rs 52 L. H. Titete
9 June/50 same
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29 July 1848

Mount Vernon Jan. 1. 1850
The Minister Com. of Pensions etc.
Sir
Enclosed I send you some additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Esther Good- win a widow of a Revolution- ary pensioner, whose application for bounty land under act of March last No 60,540 is sus- pended because no rolls of Capt. Sibay's Co. in which her husband served are found on file in Washington. I send you cer- tificate of the fact that Capt. Sibay was in service but that his pay- roll cannot be found and also enclose you the letter of the Com- ptroller stating that these payrolls were sent to Washington, in order

to settle with the Government. Now the fact is established by these Records that La Lay & his Company were in Service at Syracuse the place where Gardner performed his Service and in Gardner's application for pension he proved pos- itively that he served . That proof is on file & that with the record sent we think ought to satisfy the requirements of the law. At this late date it is impossible to furnish that clear & specific proof which we can in the cases in the war of 1812 - and we think that the Department having already twice admit- ted the Service to have been per- formed - in granting a pension first to him & after his decease to the widow - would now not

be doing any injustice or be acting upon insufficient proof if they take the evidence as now presented with that previously fur- nished & issue the warrant -
The widow is poor and worthy & the Government could not better disburse its bounty than by gran- ting a warrant to her - -
Allow me to suggest one other thing - Upon a careful reading of the act of March last I think Record evidence is only intended to be required in the cases where the soldier was "in battle" & in service less than forty  fourteen days - Am I not correct in this? - If I am then we are clearly entitled to the warrant - and I hope we shall soon receive it at your hands - Yours Very Respectfully D. H. Litch

Comptroller's office Hartford Dec. 28 th 1855
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 19 th inst. with $2. was duly received. I have made a very thorough examination of our documents, and can find no pay roll for service under Capt. Lee Lay. I send you a certificate, showing that Capt. Lay served at the time and place where it is claimed Mr. Gardner served in his company; and I hope it may enable you to obtain Bounty Land for the Widow. Many of our pay rolls are lost, having been sent to Washington some time after the close of the war, in order to obtain a settlement with the General Government, and they are supposed to have been destroyed when the Treasury building was burned. I have spent a good deal of time in the searches in this case, and if you

obtain bounty land for the widow you will please send me another dollar. If you do not obtain the Bounty Land, you need not send it. I am very respectfully Yours Geo. Robinson For Comp.

Moutrose Pa. Oct. 26. 1835
Hon J Meigs Comr. of Pensions
As atty for claimant I am interested in procuring a land warrant for Esther Gorder widw. of Isaac Gorder who is now a Revolutionary pensioner in this state at the rate of $26.66 per annum. The application for bounty land is under act of March 1835 & No. 60360 which is suspended because the service of the husband does not appear of record - -
I think if I had the Captains name under whom he served I should be able to supply that record evidence - and I now write to solicit you to have his original declaration examined, and that the memorandum of the Captains name & the time & place of the husband's enlistment & discharge - be sent to me -
He died some twenty years since & the widow nor any of her friends can now furnish me that information - Will you please do so without delay & thus aid me in substantiating a just claim for a needy widow - Yours truly
S. F. Hiteh

Mountrose Pa May 23 d /58
Hon J M c Int
Sir I write at this time rela- -tive to the claim of Esther Gourdner for bounty bond $10.60.560 under the act approved 3 d March 1835 - This claim as will be found by an exami- -nation of the papers on file is made by the widow of a Revolutionary pensioner & is suspended because for the want of Record Evidence of the service of her husband deceased through whom she claims, as was required by the act of Mar. 1835 -
Under the 2 d section of the late act approved May 14. 1836 I suppose she is now entitled to the warrant - -
Please inform me if a new applica- -tion is needed, and if not then you will oblige us by issuing the warrant and sending to my address at once -
Yours Respectfully L. H. Fitch

Boston Nov. 13. /54
Hon S. P. Wells
Sir,
Enclosed I send you a Certificate of Pension issued some time since to Esther Gardner, for Twenty six dollars - Her husband before his death $26, 66 and her, warrant should have been filled up the same - We have had some difficulty in drawing our money from the agent in Phil a because of an alleged error. He says it stands $26, 66 on his books & so I presume it does on the books at your office - We have drawn it every time for $20 00 only and therefor the error - I presume

it is simply a mistake in the clerk in your office at the time, in leaving off the figure 66 - To avoid further dif- ficulty - And to allow us our rights in the future, - for the agent has called it a mistake on our part & has allowed & paid us the $2666 yearly since we were entitled to draw - I request you to fill up this certificate with the cents or to give the widow another bearing the same date, &c, or a new one, & have the agent at Phil a duly notified of the change - His books would be all right knowing if the supply his sends were just in - - Will you please make the change as shall seem best to you, and without

much delay return me this certificate amended or a new one. - Relying upon your prompt attention, to this unfortunate error. I remain Yours very truly S. H. Fitch
Address as above Montrose Penna

L. F. Fitch
June 27/63

406 Pension Office
27 June 1853
Sir
Your letter of the 26 March last enclosing additional evidence in support of the claim of Esther Gardner, under the act of 29 July 1848, has just been reached in the regular order of business.
Before a certificate can issue it will be necessary that her declaration should be made in open Court, or if she is prevented from doing so by bodily infirmity, this fact should be certified by the Judge before whom her declaration is made.
L F Fitch Esq r Montrose Pa

must be followed strictly, or the claim cannot be admitted.
L. F. Fitch June 9/53
L. F. Fitch Esq Montrose Pa

Pension Office
June 9, 1853
Sir
The additional proofs in support of the claim of Esther Gardner of Pa., widow of Isaac, have been examined and filed.
In the letter to you of 9 th Sept. last mention was omitted, of the fact that the declaration was not made in open court. It is required that declarations should be made before courts of record, or, if the declarant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend court, that fact should be certified by the Judge before whom the declaration is made.
The date of Isaac Gardner's death and the fact that the claimant is still a widow should be established by testimony of disinterested witnesses, and the testimony should be certified to be satisfactory, by the court or Judge. In proving a family record, the entire record or a copy of it, attested by a disinterested witness, who if practicable should be able to swear to the hand writing, is required; and, when a copy is sent, the original should be exhibited to the court or Judge and, the copy certified. These instructions

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Dec 28 th 1855
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Isaac Gardner in 1779 and 1780, in a company of Connecticut troops, commanded by Capt. Lee Lay, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office, relating to that war, and do not find any Pay Roll for service under Capt. Lee Lay in 1779 or 1780.
On the book called "Warkell's Receipts," under the heading, "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut, for the service of State Troops & Militia raised for the defence of the State & allowed by Act of Congress December 28 th 1779, computed according to the Continental establishment of Pay," I find entries for accounts rendered by Capt. Lee Lay as follows, viz. 1 st 1779. April 16 th Capt. Lee Lay Pay Roll & amt. for in nominal money £37. 6. 6. " Computed value of services from Apr. 1 st to Nov. 1 st 1779. £17. 10. "For Guard at Lyme."
2 o I also find an entry for Capt. Lee Lay's Account, under the following heading, on the same book, viz "The United States Dr. to the State of Connecticut, for sundry expenditures for the service and expense of Troops, stationed at New London for the defence of said State," as follows.

1779 Nov. 30. Capt. Lee Lay / his. acc. at New London / Amount paid £1.990.15.2.1 / Specie value. £77.1.3.1
1780 Nov. 27. Capt. Lee Lay / Post at New London / State money £111.13.8." It is stated on the account, that the last item above, was "for additional Pay Roll" £111.13.8."
Alex. Merrill, Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clk.

Breif in the case of
Esther Gardner wid of Isaac Penn a .
County and State of
act 29. July 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Former pension certificate incorrectly issued at $26. per annum surrendered - New one now issued at the proper rate $26. 66 pr. ann.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
L. T. Filoh Manhrose Penna
R. M c Rea Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at Phil a , by D. Sturgeon Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Phil a
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 105 Vol. A
H. E. Robinson Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848,
Esther Gardner widow of Isaac Gardner, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and ~~~~~ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and 53,
Wm McLane
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
L. Mallico Commissioner of Pensions.

Esther Gardner, widow of Isaac Gardner Pa
Act July 29, 1848
Admitted at $26 66
Per annum from March '48.
Agent
L. S. F. Fitch Montrose Pa

Brief in the case of Esther Gardner widow of Isaac- Lequehanna County and State of Pennsylvania act July 29. 1828
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Isaac Gardner was pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832 at $26 66 per annum. Record proof of marriage - & parcel - in 1798 Record & parcel proof of death of pensioner widow hood and identity - parcel.
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Pensioner died May 30. 1834-
Name and residence of Agent
S. F. Fitch
Montrose Pa
J. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

Scranton Pa. March 26, 1883
Hon Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you some additional evidence in support of the claim of Esther Gardner widow of Isaac Gardner deceased for pension. This with  with what has been previously sent I think and would respectfully submit, to be sufficient to support our claim - The widow is worthy but poor and though kept from suffering by her children has no available means of support of her own - We have sent you the family record, which aside from the accompanying affidavit seems to bear the impress of truth, and carry the con- viction of its own correctness; It was a long time before the widow was willing to have her bill entitled, and the record lost. and whatever may be the result of this application - she desires you if not contrary to the rule of your Department to return these leaves to me for her use - The family also join in the request, and if consistent I would suggest that the leaves be so endorsed as to be easily recog- nized, so that they might never be used again in the Department for the same person and then returned to me -
Feb. 10 th (last) I forwarded to you the affidavits of two witnesses showing the fact that Mrs Esther Gardner lived with Isaac in his life time and was now respected in the neighborhood as his

widow. &c. - I presume there will be found among the files of the Com - When I sent them I did not know that this evidence which I now have could be obtained, as it was left at my office in my absence by a gentleman who is assisting the widow in procuring evidence and I therefore enclosed it to you supposing it was all the proof we could make - But under this evidence which I now send I have to ask another examination, and would most respectfully submit that it entitles the widow to her Certificate -
I suppose if Mrs. Gourdine has substantiated her claim she is entitled to her pension un- der the act of 29. July 1848, from the 4 th of March 1848 to the time of her death, or during her widowhood - and should receive a certificate entitling her to draw  from 4 th March 1848 the back pay, as well as the annuity -
All which is respectfully submitted by L. W. Fitch
L. P. Waldo } Comp. }
agent &c
Isaac Gourdine was a Revolutionary pensioner from Col. S. drew annually $26.66 died in 1834 -

At a Court of Probate holden at Norrist within and for the District of Norrist on the 21 st day of May AD 1835.
Present John Hyde - Judge
The following facts were proved to the satisfaction of this Court, that Isaac Gardner of Bozrah died at said Bozrah on the 30 th day of May 1834, who while in life was a pensioner of the United States, and that he left a Widow Mrs Esther Gardner, who is the only Widow of said Isaac deceased.
State of Connecticut } I Othniel Gage Clerk of the Court County of New London } of Probate for the District of Norrist in said County and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly taken and copied from the Probate Records of said Court, in testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Norrist this 24 th day of February AD 1853. Attest, Othniel Gage
Clerk.
State of Connecticut } District of Norrist } I George B. Riplay Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norrist, in the County of New London and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Othniel Gage is Clerk of said Court, and the above attestation by him made is in due form of law: by the proper officer, is true and genuine, and the Seal by him affixed is the Seal of said Court.
Dated Probate Office Norrist George B. Riplay February 24 th AD 1853.
Judge

Montrose Feb. 9. 1853
Hon. Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you some additional proof to substantiate the claim for Pension of Mrs Esther Gardner widow of Isaac Gardner a Revolutionary soldier from Connecticut - I have to submit this with the other evidence already before the Department to your favorable consideration as being a meritorious claim for a poor and worthy widow.
Respectfully Yours & S. S. Mitchell
Hon. J. E. Heath Commissioner

M. P. G. 1834 Additional Evidence
Isaac Gardner died May 30. 1834 married Augt 23. 1798

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County
On this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and State. Jabez Gardner who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say I was acquainted with Isaac Gardner of Bozrah Township in the county of New- London and State of Connecticut, in his life up to the time of his death which occurred on the thirtieth day of May 1834 aged 72 years that I was present at the funeral and burial of the said Isaac Gardner, and I believe Esther Gardner to be the widow of the said Isaac Gardner deceased. I have no interest in the making of this affidavit and further saith not
Jabez Gardner
Sworn and subscribed before me
Wm Hase Justice peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, ss, } On this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for said County and State. Rebecca S. Ely who having been duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, I was acquainted with Isaac Gardner of Bozrah township in the county of New London and State of Connecticut in his life time up to the time of his death which occurred on the thirtieth day of May A.D. 1834 aged seventy-two years. I was present at the funeral and burial of the said Isaac Gardner, I am acquainted with Esther Gardner now living in the township of Gibson in this County, and knew her as the wife of the said Isaac Gardner in his life time and at the time of his death. I have no interest in the making of this affidavit and further saith not. ————— Rebecca S. Ely
Sworn and Subscribed this first day of Feb y A.D. 1853 before me Amos G. Bailey J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss.   I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Wm. H. Gadsden and Amos G. Bailey Esquire before whom the above and foregoing affidavits were Subscribed & sworn to, were at the date of each thereof, acting Justices of the Peace of said County, each duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations according to the laws of this State, and the signatures thereto, purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court at Montrose the Second day of February A.D. 1853 } J. A. Ward Prothonotary By J. M. Williams

Long & just too slow to do so. ... Houston Aug. 31 1857
It is a most interesting case. Mr. Duclond has written these facts the prelegation of Esther Widow of Isaac ... from Court of ... This is a case that was ... the Department just before ... The evidence was unsatisfactory, which that was perfected another de-
grees was found in the facts that the original declaration was not made before the other Court but before the time of the ... Mrs. S. is a very lovely old lady & scarcely able to attend court but with considerable effort she was taken to court with her ... for a week at the time. ... I know such good handwriting taken before
the Court duty and testified - The evidence which was alledged ... from ... and will be used to establish our claim in the
The continued ...

case as it would not only be a great hardship but a great outrage to com- pel us to make out  the proof all things to support this declaration, in which  in which all the material facts. Subjuring  Subjuring is pro- disobeying like the other seven to be from the justice -
By a rule of the Department the condition upon which the has been obtained for pension is made sufficient to entitle the wife to the same benefits as if the had been marriage, his death, and her residence go to the widow of the deceased pensioner in whom the right the right - Now if that evidence frequently may grow old is of no value the right  right sufficient in such cases by a new statutory reason this evidence is the been case & filed only a few months previous should be examined and admitted in its full force.

An extract from the Records of the Probate Court of Hartford Conn. proving the death of Isaac S. - and that Esther was his widow - also under the same date I sent you the original family Record, duly attested and sworn to as such; and now send you an affidavit declaration - These proofs would be abundant to satisfy any court of justice or equi- ty in our country and I see not why a stricter rule should be adopted by our government in denying out its benefits to the few who like my client are left as the relics of the past century's great struggles, to accept their benefits. I believe these proceedings & proofs are now all full & complete & trust they will be so regarded by the Department and that we shall soon receive a certificate for the pay book to 4 th March 1848, and an annual pension hereafter at the same rate in standard val y -
When issued please direct as before to S t H. Fitch M c Arthur Pa

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County, } ss.
On this 24 th day of May, A.D. 1852, personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and State, Esther Gardner, aged seventy-seven years, a resident of Gibson, in said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say:— I am the widow of Isaac Gardner, a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died at Bozra, in Londen County, Connecticut, on the 30 th day of May, 1834, aged 72 years, and six months. I drew, as his widow the last quarter Salary due at the time of his death. At that time we resided at Bozra, Connecticut. My husband served I believe, in the Connecticut Troops. I was married to the said Isaac Gardner, on the 23 d day of August, 1798. My name before marriage was Esther Palmer. My husband kept a family record of marriages, births and deaths in the family Bible. He purchased one three or four years after our marriage, in which he made the record of our marriage. We have the same Bible containing said record, in our family yet. The date in the title page of said Bible, is 1802. The record of said marriage is made as follows:— "Isaac Gardner and Esther Palmer were married Aug. 23 d 1798." If I remember correctly, the annual pen-

him paid my said husband during his life, was twenty-nine dollars. And further deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, this 25 th day of May, A.D. 1852 Esther her Gardner Witnes present marks M c Clusky Justice of the Peace M c Clusky
Give Care
William P. Gardner, aged forty years, being duly sworn, saith I am the son of Isaac and Esther Gardner. My father, the said Isaac Gardner, died at Boza, Connecticut, on the 30 th May, 1834, aged 72 years and six months, ac- cording to his statement while living, and the family record made by himself some forty years ago. My said father was a Revolutionary Pensioner. I have sometimes drawn his pension for him. I have heard my father and mother both say they were married in 1798. Our family record shows their marriage to have occurred Aug. 23. 1798. The copy of said record made by Mr. D. Smith, is a true and correct copy. My mother, the said Esther Gardner, is the widow of the said Isaac Gardner my father. They lived together as husband and wife until his death.
Sworn to and subscribed May 25, 1852 M c Clusky J. P.
Wm P. Gardner

1 W.C. 11/40
Esther Gardner, wid Isaac, pa
Ad 29 July 1848.
let 9 Sept 52
L. F. Fitch Montrose, Penn a

Susquehanna County, ss.
On this 10th day of May, A.D. 1852, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and State, J. H. Dimick, of Montrose, who being duly affirmed saith:— I am acquainted with Esther Gardner. I have examined the old family Bible which I saw in the house of the said Esther, containing the family Record of the Gardner family. From one of the pages of said Record I made the following extract:— "Isaac Gardner and Esther Palmer were married on August the 23d, 1798."
I further affirm affirm that I am disinterested in regard to said Pension case, save as Attorney in preparing the testimony.
J. H. Dimick
Affirmed and subscribed before me this day and year above — S. Lewis, JP
Justice of the Peace.

Susquehanna County, ss.
Personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, Sally Stores, aged sixty nine years, a resident of New Milford, in said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, saith: — I formerly resided in Bozra, New London County Connecticut. I was well acquainted with Isaac Gardner, now deceased, and with Esther Palmer. I was present at the marriage of the said Isaac Gardner and the said Esther Palmer. Saw them married, and know of their living together as husband and wife for many years, until I removed from that place. They were married in 1798, I think in the month of August, by a a Helderma
I recollect the facts I have above stated distinctly, and further saith not. I know the said Esther Gardner to be the widow of the said Isaac Gardner.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of May, A.D. 1852 — Sally Stores Wm T. Case Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, ss
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that J. Hinck and William J. Case Esquires before whom the within affidavits appears to have been subscribed and Acknow- ledged, are acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law, and the Signatures thereto purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose the Second day of July A.D. 1852.
J. A. Ward, Prothon. R. F. M. Williams

J. E. Hattis Esq Comm. of Pensions
Sir above and accom- panying this please find an application for pension for Mrs Estelle Gardner - If it should be granted please send the certificate to me or if any thing is defective in the proof please communicate the same and I will endeavor to supply it =
Yours &c
L. H. Fitch
Montrose
Susquehanna Co Pa